Media Cynic Page: 24

This is page 24 of the Media Cynic archives.

Plamegate Gets Hotter: Harry Reid Invokes Rule 21 (2005-11-01): After the 2004 presidential election, there was a bit of hand-wringing over the election of Harry Reid (D-Nevada) as Senate Minority Leader.

Bush Nominates Alito For Supreme Court (2005-10-31): Today, President Bush announced his next Supreme Court nomination, just days after Harriet Miers was forced to resign by the religious right.

Scooter Libby is Indicted: Karl Rove is Not (2005-10-28): Things are heating up in Plamegate.

Goodbye to Harriet Miers (2005-10-27): Harriet Miers has withdrawn from her nomination to be the next Supreme Court Justice.

New York Times Chastises Judith Miller (2005-10-25): Judith Miller is in hot water with her own newspaper.

Investigating Karl Rove's Garage (2005-10-23): While we're all waiting around to see if Patrick Fitzgerald is really going to convince the grand jury to issue a slew of indictments on Tuesday, perhaps we can find some clues as to what's going to happen in Plamegate by peeking inside Karl Rove's garage.

Patrick Fitzgerald Goes Digital (2005-10-22): Plamegate Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has now launched a website.

Karl Rove Names Libby as His Source...Maybe (2005-10-20): The facts underlying Plamegate become more and more murky.

Bill O'Reilly Visits Jon Stewart (2005-10-19): Crooks and Liars has the video of Bill O'Reilly's very entertaining appearance on The Daily Show last night.

Judith Miller: Journalism's Big Disappointment (2005-10-17): What an utter disappointment.

Hillary Clinton's Fundraising Off to a Good Start (2005-10-14): The New York Times reports that Hillary Clinton's fundraising efforts are going extremely well.

Harriet and George: The Correspondence (2005-10-13): The Smoking Gun has made available for your viewing pleasure the various notes written between Harriet Miers and George Bush when Bush was Governor of Texas.

James Dobson's Strange Explanation (2005-10-12): Karl Rove's kidney stones and possible impending indictment continue to take a toll on President Bush' ability to spin situations favorably.

The Mystery of Harriet Miers (2005-10-10): Time magazine leads with a piece on Harriet Miers about the two knocks against her and how she's going to be confirmed anyway.

Bush Bird Flu Plan Unpopular (2005-10-07): Reaction to President Bush's call for Congress to give him the power to use the military in the event of a bird flu pandemic has been quite negative.

Will Karl Rove Be Indicted? (2005-10-06): The beltway is all atwitter today over the possiblity that Karl Rove may be headed for an indictment.

A Spy in the White House (2005-10-05): Ok, this can't be good.

Miers' Aide Says She's Extremely Anti-Choice (2005-10-04): Well, that didn't take long.

Harriet Miers Gets Her Chance (2005-10-03): President Bush got this week's news cycle started by nominating Harriet Meirs, his personal counsel, to be the next Supreme Court justice.

Trent Lott Finds His Refrigerator (2005-09-30): Here is a fascinating bit of news about Senator Trent Lott's demolished home from Hurricane Katrina.